I read with interest an online article published by the Chicago Tribune a week ago titled “Holdout smokers: Who they are and why they can’t quit”. In this article, it states “Beyond the physical addiction, smokers repeatedly pointed to the stress relief that smoking provides. “Cigarettes are just adult pacifiers,” said three-pack-a-day smoker Deborah Israel, [...]
Your Personality Can Be Hazardous To Your Health
November 14, 2009 By
I just came across a report on a new study published by Daniel K. Mroczek, a professor of child development and family studies at Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana). The study looked at personality traits and how they affected mortality rates. They found “that having worrying tendencies or being the kind of person who stresses [...]
Stress and Weight
August 19, 2009 By
Reading the news today I saw a report of a new study linking stress and weight gain. The author of the study, Jason Block, M. D. , M. P. H. , a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar at Harvard University, said “Today’s economy is stressing people out, and stress has been linked [...]
Activating Events – What?
July 8, 2009 By
I get a lot of dialog about my use of the term “activating events”. Of course, you can’t blame me for it. I wasn’t the first to use it. Albert Ellis, the psychologist, first coined the term to describe those events in our environment that cause us to stress out. But I agree, it does [...]
